O’Neill delivers at the death to save Avondhu

An injury-time point by Colm O’Neill kept last year’s semi-finalists Avondhu in this year’s Cork SFC.

After an opening round defeat to Cork IT, the pressure was on the North Cork divisional outfit whereas Carbery, who were making their 2012 competitive debut, had the safety net of another opportunity if they lost this tie.

With the match level entering the dying moments, Cork senior O’Neill came out to strike a long-range free and while his effort was tailing wide, the ball deflected off a Carbery defender to ensure a ’45 was awarded. O’Neill availed of the second opportunity as he held his nerve to split the posts for his fifth point of the game.